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Nils Noa - biography
It?s close to 2AM on a cold January night in Oslo, Norway. Nils Noa is on the decks, playing the closing set at his award winning Monkey Business event at the intimate Sikamikanico venue. With Oslo?s coolest cognoscenti losing the plot, the atmosphere could give any club in the world a run for their money, but then this isn?t any normal closing set by any normal DJ, this is their local hero, and recently voted Norway?s Number One DJ, Nils Noa.
You always get the same response when you speak to the various promoters past and present in Oslo about Nils. It?s that he?s something a little bit special, not only as a DJ, but as producer, promoter and as a person, for despite all of the attraction that follows him, he?s renowned as one of the humblest guys you?ll ever meet.
Nils is held in high esteem for many reasons - Whether this has to do with Nils deciding to turn Norwegian clubbing on its head when he was just 16 by establishing Bla Vega, a club name that is uttered with the utmost respect by all of the house and techno lunatics that frequented those special nights, and by those that wished they had! Or maybe it was because he was touring on the renowned Telle Konovi tour with his idols, Royksopp, Ralph Mayerz and the Jack Herren Band before he?d hit his twenties. At that time Nils was playing football in the Norwegian Premier League for Alesund, and still continuing his studies.
These days he juggles his Monkey Business monthly event with select dates across the country, sharing stages with the cream of international talent at events as large as the Quart festival, this year headlined by Coldplay. He has started to tour internationally, with regular guest spots across Europe, and at Back to Basics and Circus in the UK alongside longtime idol, friend and now mentor Yousef.
This year has seen Nils return to the UK with proposed residencies already in talks following the huge response from his Essential Mix broadcast on BBC Radio One. His DJ style incorporates the fresh side of the emerging breaks scene along with funky house and techno which, combined with Nils? reading of a dance floor gives rise to a dirty, energetic, funky House sound that is as fresh as Nils? boyish looks.
Alongside Jan Torre Diesen and DJ Ariane, Nils is part of the Trio that heads Bermuda Triangle. The debut album ?Mooger Fooger? is a unique, groundbreaking slice of Norwegian House and Breaks which sounds equally as good on the floor at Monkey Business, as it does when the Triangle roadshow hits town with all 9 band members in tow. Live, their act is like no other, fitting somewhere between early Tricky, Bjork and any current alternative rock band of your choice. There is energy, there is anger, there is desire, and it leaves you breathless. Recent performances throughout most of Europe, and live spots on Norwegian TV have catapulted the band to the top of the charts in their native homeland, and with current plans for the international release of the album in the pipeline, it won?t be long until the band go large.
There is something for everyone in this debut masterpiece, whether it?s the haunting chilled breaks of ?Tay Do 22? or the vocal crazed anthem ?This is Just (Another Song).? The album walks a fine line between dance floor credibility and acceptance of the masses, Bermuda Triangle have as many fans in the mainstream press as on the club circuit with John Digweed, James Zabiela, and the Hed Kandi crew all licensing tracks to their respective compilations.
Not content with just the Bermuda Triangle production project, Nils is busy working away on his first solo productions, to be based more around his dance floor sensibilities. He continues to develop his award winning Monkey Business night, concentrating on booking the less obvious international guests, something the Monkey Business regulars respect Nils for, and has just signed up as a bi-monthly resident at the legendary Skansen venue in Oslo.
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It?s close to 2AM on a cold January night in Oslo, Norway. Nils Noa is on the decks, playing the closing set at his award winning Monkey Business event at the intimate Sikamikanico venue. With Oslo?s coolest cognoscenti losing the plot, the atmosphere could give any club in the world a run for their money, but then this isn?t any normal closing set by any normal DJ, this is their local hero, and recently voted Norway?s Number One DJ, Nils Noa.
You always get the same response when you speak to the various promoters past and present in Oslo about Nils. It?s that he?s something a little bit special, not only as a DJ, but as producer, promoter and as a person, for despite all of the attraction that follows him, he?s renowned as one of the humblest guys you?ll ever meet.
Nils is held in high esteem for many reasons - Whether this has to do with Nils deciding to turn Norwegian clubbing on its head when he was just 16 by establishing Bla Vega, a club name that is uttered with the utmost respect by all of the house and techno lunatics that frequented those special nights, and by those that wished they had! Or maybe it was because he was touring on the renowned Telle Konovi tour with his idols, Royksopp, Ralph Mayerz and the Jack Herren Band before he?d hit his twenties. At that time Nils was playing football in the Norwegian Premier League for Alesund, and still continuing his studies.
These days he juggles his Monkey Business monthly event with select dates across the country, sharing stages with the cream of international talent at events as large as the Quart festival, this year headlined by Coldplay. He has started to tour internationally, with regular guest spots across Europe, and at Back to Basics and Circus in the UK alongside longtime idol, friend and now mentor Yousef.
This year has seen Nils return to the UK with proposed residencies already in talks following the huge response from his Essential Mix broadcast on BBC Radio One. His DJ style incorporates the fresh side of the emerging breaks scene along with funky house and techno which, combined with Nils? reading of a dance floor gives rise to a dirty, energetic, funky House sound that is as fresh as Nils? boyish looks.
Alongside Jan Torre Diesen and DJ Ariane, Nils is part of the Trio that heads Bermuda Triangle. The debut album ?Mooger Fooger? is a unique, groundbreaking slice of Norwegian House and Breaks which sounds equally as good on the floor at Monkey Business, as it does when the Triangle roadshow hits town with all 9 band members in tow. Live, their act is like no other, fitting somewhere between early Tricky, Bjork and any current alternative rock band of your choice. There is energy, there is anger, there is desire, and it leaves you breathless. Recent performances throughout most of Europe, and live spots on Norwegian TV have catapulted the band to the top of the charts in their native homeland, and with current plans for the international release of the album in the pipeline, it won?t be long until the band go large.
There is something for everyone in this debut masterpiece, whether it?s the haunting chilled breaks of ?Tay Do 22? or the vocal crazed anthem ?This is Just (Another Song).? The album walks a fine line between dance floor credibility and acceptance of the masses, Bermuda Triangle have as many fans in the mainstream press as on the club circuit with John Digweed, James Zabiela, and the Hed Kandi crew all licensing tracks to their respective compilations.
Not content with just the Bermuda Triangle production project, Nils is busy working away on his first solo productions, to be based more around his dance floor sensibilities. He continues to develop his award winning Monkey Business night, concentrating on booking the less obvious international guests, something the Monkey Business regulars respect Nils for, and has just signed up as a bi-monthly resident at the legendary Skansen venue in Oslo.
DOWNLOAD:
(attention: download is available only for a limited time (14 days)! so be quick!)
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